Tantalum cones in revision total knee arthroplasty. A promising short-term result with 29 cones in 21 patients

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 988-993

  Villanueva Martínez, Manuel ^a   De la Torre Escudero, Basilio ^b   Rojo Manaute, José M ^a   Ríos Luna, Antonio ^b   Chana Rodriguez, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HGU Guadalajara ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone defect; Porous tantalum cones; Revision total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

TANTALUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SOCIETY SCORE; MALE; METAPHYSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; ROTATING HINGE KNEE PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; TANTALUM; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878182533     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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